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The following replies are awaiting collection

No. 1366, 1375, 1314, 1320, 1384, 1376 1385, 1342, 1392.

PREMISES WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS.

"Wib Those wito have a furnish, "House, Flats, Building-Lots, ed house or apartment to let on Estates negotiated for rent, auc Jonniry 1st, 1926, kindly send tiop, or private sale. Manage full particulars tà Bôx. Nu, 1399ment arranged for clients pro-

o Hongkong Telegraph. (coading abroad, Telephone 0.4630- Accommodation is required by Small Investors, 1, Des Voeux

a family of four not a mess-und. owners need have no fear of dam-' age to their property during ten- LARRY,

Rental in advance, if desired. i

Long or short term lease immm. Corial. Not particularly interested in Kowloon,

Road."

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE: Write 500-800 Words with one dip of your Peu.

Patunted Inkspoon its under any steel nib. Obtainablo at Lee Yee's Magazine Store, WANTED by four Europeans D'aguilar Street.

House or Flat, furnished

or unfurnished, from 1st. Nov. ori later. Offers with particulars. FORSALE-Motor cycle Please apply to Box 1397 clo "Hongkong Telegraph."

Clear,

Combinations to "Zenith's" with "Milford's" for

| $290 and "Henderson's" and Side- car for $190 all good running

THEATRE ROYAL

DANCING DISPLAY

i

By the pupils of Miss Violet Capell

Saturday, November 7th

9.15 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 11th 5.15 p.m..

in aid of the

LONDON HOSPITAL

The booking plan is now open and Seats may be obtained at

ANDERSON'S,

| 250 VALUABLE CHINESE PAINTINGS.

PART OF THE LATE DR.

STAFFORD M. COX'S NOTABLE COLLECTION.

The attention of Collectors is drawn to the sale of the above pictures, which will be held in our Front Salesroom, 45, Klangse Road, Shanghai, commencing at 10a.m., on Wednesday, the 28th October, 1925.

L. MOORE & CO., LTD.,.

Auctioneers and Valuers.

Shanghai, October 15, 1925:

GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS-LITS, LIMITED,

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1925.

LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Untersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc

tion.

on WEDNESDAY, the 28th October. 1925, commenc ing at 11 a.m., at No. 6, Lyeman Villas, Chatham Road, Kowloon.

A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture, (Full particulars from Catalogue), On View from Tuesday, the 27th October, 1925. Terres:-Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers! Hongkong, October 20, 1925,

PUBLIC AUCTION,

The Undersigned have received] instructions to sell

by Order of Mortgages

The Valuable Leasehold Property)

Situate at

CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.

4, Duddel Street.

If you have anything you would like to sell, azchango oradvertise send it to the CHINA AUCTION ROOM..

"

E. V, M. R. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer.

HUGHES & HOUGH

*LIMITED.

GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, IMPORTEERS, EXPORTERS

GENERAL BROKERS.

MIXED

ASHLEY STERNE-

GRILL

AVTOR OF

TALES-

I am just back from a few day's roundaba rout oute as starting grouse shooting on the Yorkshire from Southond would entail. But moors, where I have been the I learn that it was his intention. guest of my old friend, Sir Balu- to swim to the Goodwin Sands, am Sass. My new grouse gun,spond Sunday rosting on them: however, which I described in then wait for low tide and paddlo this column a week or two ago, the faw remaining miles to Cape did not yield altogether satisfac Grisnez, &tory results. For one thing, my

AUCTIONS

LAMMERT'S

PUBLIC AUCTION.

loader did not know how to load it, with the result that he put several cartridges in backwards; and it was not until I had shot TAŃe myself twice through the head and once through the shoulder that I discovered the cause of my

curious weapon's

bohaviour. Still, on the whole, I got sme good sport, and when I left ges-

Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Ahetion,

and known as

[Section B of Marine, Lot No. 178. Section A of Marine Lot No. 177. and subsection 1 of section B of Marine Lot No. 177 by

PUBLIC AUCTION.

נוטי

THURSDAY,

the 20th day of October, 1925, at 3 o'clock p.m.

by

THE AUCTIONEERING AND BROKERING CO., LTD. AUCTIONEERS.

at their sale rooms in 4B Duddell Street Victoria, aforesaid, the property consists of:

ROOM wanted by European Street, Format: 619 Shanghai that the Twenty-second Annual No. 178.

in a Chinese or Portuguese family. Rent must be moderate. Apply Box. 1393 c/o Hongkong Telegraph."

PREMISES TO LET.

TO LET.-Two large and airy rooms, No. 6, Liberty Avenue, Homuntin, Rönt moderate. Apply at the premises or to Mrs: Hyndman c/o Admiral Line.|

"TO LET

Yaumati.

com-

01 FRIDAY, the 30th October, 1925, mencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

A Very Fine Selection of Belgian

Cut Glasses, Italion Marble.

Statuary. Weihaiwel Tea Sets and Trays. Also-

Half Crystal Table Sets. And

A Large Quantity of Tumblers. Catalogues will be issued,

On view, from Thursday, the

LAMMERT BROS.;

Auctioneers

(1)-All that piece or parcel of ground situate at Victoria, Hong- kong and registered in the Laadi 29th October, 1925. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Office as. section B of Marine Lot Terms: Cash on Delivery.

General Meeting of Shureholders of The property is held for the] the Grand Hotel des Wagon-Lits, unexpired residue of the term 999 Limited, will be held at the Regis years from the 26th day of June FOR SALE-Hudson super tered Office of the Company, 16, Des 1861 created by in Indenture of six, seven seater limousine Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, on Crown Lease dated the 22nd day As good as new. Engine Saturday, the 14th November, 1925, of February 1862. Annual Crown in perfect condition. What offers Must sell. Apply Box of receiving a Statement of Ac-square feet.

at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose. Rent $99.00. Total area 9223 No. 1396 Hongkong Telegraph.

car.

HONGKONG JOCKRY CLUB,

counts and the Report of the Direc tors for the year ended on the 30th June, 1925, confirming the appoint ment of Directors, and re-electing Directors and the Auditors.

By Order of the Board,

F. C. BARRY, Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 20th October, 1925.

The half yearly General Meet- ing of Members will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd. 1025 at Fully Furnished.5 30 p.m. in the Jockey Club Modern Fittings etc. For Room, Hongkong Club Annex. Married Couple or Two Bachelors)

By Order,

H. GREENWOOD,

Acting Secretary:"

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. Draft Pregranime and Entry in the Mutter of M. Y. San & Co.,

Limited (In Liquidation),

from Nov. 1st, to Nov. 25th Rooms in House on the Peak within! easy accoas of tho Peuk Tram. Apply Box No. 1400 The "II.K. Telegraph.'

T

"T:-5-roomed Modern

Henso

ed or unfurni No 1898 c/o Hong

In Kowloon, furnish Forms for the Seventh Extra

hed.

Apply Box Race Meoling to be held on ong Telegraph. Saturday 7th November 1925 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Race Course, UJET Hongkong Club and Causeway BRITISH FAMILY, full Bay Stablos. board and and residence from. Entries will close at 12 o'clock $4daily. 1 minute from forry noon on Saturday 24th Oct., 1925. Spolat family rates. Cuisine

} PRIVATE HOTEL

der personal supervision. 1, Victoria Gardens, Pankow Road, Kowloon, Tel. K.357..

GODOWN TO LEE, in Ao

Andra Buildings. Apply Sporetary, à, & Watson & Co., Limited,

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flat, TO LET One European Bat. Long. Apply to 32 Kennedy Road.

N or about March 1926 whole

ON

flat or spacious suite of offices|

in the "French Building " exi

GETZ BROS, & CO., (OF THE ORIENT) LTD. སམ་་་་ TAKE NOTICE that as from

(2.)-All that piece or parcel of ground situate at Victoria afore said and registered in Land Office as section A of Marine Lot No. 177

The property is held for the c expired residue of the term of 999 years from the 26th day of June: 1861 created by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 24th day of September 1905. Annual Crown Rent $2.10. Total area 263 square feet.

(3.)-Aİl that piece ou parcel of In the Matter of the Companies ground situate at Victoria afore- said and registered in the Land Office as subsection 1 o Section B of Muring Lot No. 177.

Ordinances 1911 to 1923 and

Hongkong, October 23, 1925,

MASSAGE

Mr. and Mrs. N. Akaji have removed to No. 298. Wyndham Street (2nd floor). Opposite Dairy Farm Co, Hongkong.

SUPER-MARINE

SEAPLANE WRECKED.

BRITAIN'S HOPE FOR SCHNEIDER CUP.

Baltimore, Oct. 28. The specially constructed super-

The property is held for the un-marine Napier S4. seaplane, with expired residue of the term of 999 whien the British had the highest years from the 25th day of June hopes of wresting the Scheider Creditors of the above named 1861 created by an Indenture of Cup from America to-morrow, Company are requested on or before Crown Lease dated the 24th day of crashed this morning and was the 30th day of November, 1925, to September 1905. Annual Crown

totally wrecked. The pilot, Cap- send their names and addresses and Rent $0.85. Total area 793 square mersion and shock but is otherwise tain Biard, is suffering from in- particulars of their debts or claims feet. and the names and addresses of

All the above property was for- uninjured-Reuters American Ser- their Solicitors (if any) to the merly known as the "Kung Wo registered office of the said Com Hotel and was 'numbered 461, 468, pany at No, 98, Queen's Road 465, 467, 467A and 409A Queen's Central, Victoria, Hongkong;, and Road West. further, if so required by notice in. For further particulars apply to writing, personally or by their Messm WILKINSON & GRIST, Solicitors or Representatives to

MORTGAGEF'S SOLICITORS, THE AUCTIONEERING AND

the dute hereof Mr. J. Edward come in and prove their said debts Atherley has ceased to employed or claims at such time and place as Manager of this firm and his as shall be specified in such notice. Power of Attorney has been re- And notice is hereby given that in voked., Mr. T. L. Parkhust hus default thereof, such creditors will as from to-day heen appointed be excluded from the benefit of any distribution before such debla or claims are proved. ·

Dated the 5th day of October, 1925.

Manager in his been

CHARLES J. KELLY, for Getz Bros. & Co.,

of the Orient Ltd. Dated 22nd October-1925.

"Victoria Bulding No. 5 THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON}

Queen's Road Central (between Chartered Bank and Mercantile Bank.)

Apply to: Barque de l'Inde chine

Chator Road,

TAXICAB CO., LTD.

That

•

LAU YUK WAN, WONG SUI LEUNG, NG WEI CHEE,

Liquidators.

NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the Second Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Kowloon Taxicab

the Insuring public Two newly con Co., Ltd. will be held at the office T

o Lot- structed European bousos of the Company, 33 and 35 Des Approves of our methods and I Magazine Gar, Motor Road, Voeux Road Central on Friday, satisfied with our results is demon- three flats, three large rooms the 30th day of October 1925 at strated by the fact that the total sach with

now over 970 million gold kitchen. servante 4 p.m. for the purpose of receiving amount of our assurance in force quartere and bath room, fitted the Report of the Board of Diroc., is with flush system. Garages tore and a Statomont of Account dollars, provided. Trumediate possession. for the Year ended 30th April Apply Sang Keo, New Bank 1925 and of electing Directors Building.

MASSAGE

· Mr. N. AKAJI, Mrs, E. AKAJI.

Graduate of Tokyo Mage Bohooi

260, 2nd, Floor, WYNDHAM ST,

HONGKONG. TEL, CA:05

and Auditore.

The Transfer Books of the Company will bo closed, from Saturday, the 24th day of October 1925 until Friday, the 30th day of October 1925 both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

A. H. ROWE' Managing Director,

Hongkong 21st October 1925,

Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada, King's Building, Hongkong, September 25, 1925.

Mrs.

SEKAI MASSAGE

Tel. No. . 4483, 2nd, door. No. 2, Duddell Street, Hongkong

or to

BROKERING "CO, ETD.

Auctioneers.

4B, Duddell Street. "Hangkong, 19th October, 1925.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE

PUBLIC AUCTION *

OF

uice.

VOLOUNTEER SPORTS

CLUB.

GROUND AVAILABLE AT KING'S PARK.

terday by general request) my bag consisted of

Myself

Sir Balaam's Homburg hat Ludy Sass's left our

2 beaters

1 tourist

1.- wusp

1 Yorkshire pudding

5 grouse-hounds No grice.

A well-known English novelist claims to havo made a clear pro- fit of £1,200 by a recent lecture in America. A jealous rival, how- ever, suggest that in naming this sum the lecturer is merely indulg ing in one of his favourite figures of speech.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES. Come, I would sing to you of

many topics:

Of glue, of mandolines, of high.

heeled shoesеB;

Of Capricorn, most famous of Pour tropics;. ».

Of Mr. Euclid's squared hypo-

tonuses:

Of Jonah's whale, And ginger-ale-

Things that aren't often dealt

with by the Muses,

Yes, I'd e'on sing of ooke and

conic sections,

Melons and mignonette, soft

shap and sago ; -, Linoleum, queen bees,

elections,

by

Stewöd rhubarb, windmills,"

trombones, and lumbago;

Of linseed oil,

And Conan Doyle;

Of safety-pins, and Terra del

Fuego,

But should you judge this verse-

a poor endeavour

To write yet none more "Rhyme

without a Reason "','

Please bear in mind.that I could·

never

Be guilty of such rhythmical

-high treason.

For can't you gudes That poor AB

Must fain be silly in the Silly.

Season-?"

Last week the bursting of a

From a cricket report in one of water-main during the night our sporting papers I extract the

following im the suburb where I live caused much inconvenience next "Pat Hendron then set to in- morning to many of its inhabit-prove muters with some smart ants. Some, I hear, had to wait hitting." for the arrival of the milkman before they could shavo.

*

POEMS FOR THE PETS. (A series of moral verses for juvenile readers,)

A wicked lad was Billy Gibbs: He used to tell most drondful;

fibs.

1:

In fact, this much misguided

youth

"Was never known to speak, the|

truth.

One day he caught an awful

chill;

Was put to bed; got very ill, *O Billy 1 are you dead ?" they

cried;

To which the little har replied: "Yes, quite." And at the age

of five

They buried Billy Gibbs alice ! O pots! mark well the fate of

Bill

I've long thought flat d' spot of chastisement would do tho' Mod-.. ern Dancing Mother a world of good.

MOULD MARTHA, THE MAC CLESFIELD MURDERESS: OR, SHOULD, THE GREENGROCER TELLI Chapter V.

Connie Corncrake quickly rom covered from the shock of lear ing that she was threatened by Mouldy Martha, and with the help of a lipstick and half-a-pint of nose-powder soon looked her- [self again. Then turning to Heinrich Schmidt, the Scotch she had best do. waiter, she eagerly enquired what

Are you well provided with money?" he asked.

Connie opened her purse: 3ke Beneath the turf be's lying- had only, that evening drawn her

still.

wook's wages, £27, 4s. 8d. free of amusement-tax. In addition t this she produced twopence, in It was not generally known solid copper, three ha pence in that my esteemed friend, Pro- In conjunction with the Hongfessor Barmion Crumpett, was to pins, and a sodamint tablet.

solid stamp-paper, a packet" kong Rugby Football Club and attempt to swim the Channel last Hongkong Hockey Club, the week-end, though a few of us

"Good 1** said the waltor. "And Volunteer Defence Corps bus ob were aware that for some, weeks are you warmly clad?" tained an allotment in the King's past the Professor had been "I have on two of everything," Park recreation grounds, and the practising daily in the bath ut long-projected Volunteer Sports home. However, at midnight on Club is now in process of forma-Saturday last he started from

Two Undivided Fifth Shares in tion. Members of the Corps are all that piece or parcel of ground being invited to send in applica- situate at Victoria in the Colony tions to Mr. E. J. R. Mitchell, the of Hongkong and rogistered in honorary secretary, and a big re- the Land Office as Subsection 1sponse is assured. The annual of Section A. of Inland Lot No subscription is to be $5, as with 1029 together with all mesuages the Rugby and hockey clubs, and or tenements and other erections there will be the use of a mutshed and buildings thereon and known with changing room socommoda- as No. 176, Queen's Road Central. tion and a bar.

by Messrs. Lammert Brothers, Auctioneers

Street, Hongkoong, on at their Salesrooms No. 5, Duddell WEDNESDAY, the 28th. Day of October, 1925 at 3 o'clock p.m.

The ground allotted has space for a Rugby football field, hockey field, and twelve, tennis courts,

cont."

said Connie.

“Then," said H. Schmidt, leave this place at once. On no account attempt to take it with you. When you get outside, turn round three times, take away the number you first thought of, and 'keep straight on till you meet a man disguised as an estate-agent: He will bo wearing a beetroot in his button-holo, und carrying a copy of Lock's Trigonometry Southend Pier, Dressed in a translated into Esperanto. But thick furlined bathing costume a don't bother about him: Kéop a protection against the cold, and right on till you reach the lifeboat liberally anointed with overal shed in the High Street. I will coatings of porpoise oil, the Pro- join you there,

According to the Chinoso cal-fessor dived off the pier head. He escorted Connie to the door endar, to-day is the festival of Unfortunately, the tide had gone of the restaurant. Had they For further Particulars and Shuang Chiang, or Frost's Des-over to Sheerness to see a friend. Inoked round they would have Conditions of Sals apply to Messrs. Deacons,"

Mortgages Solicitors.

Prince's Building

or.to Mossrs. Lammort Bros.. The Auctioneers,‚"

with the consequence that the seen emerge, from beneath the Professor plunged head foremost table where Connie had boon, into the mud, and was only rep-seated a brutal-looking blighter,

No. 5 Duddell Street, Hongkong, Hongkong, 14th Doctober, 1925.

A district court martial will ouod in a semi-usphyxiated con- with only one whiskur assemble at the Murray Barracks dition by the help of Providence

at 10 am on Tuesday for the trial and a boat-Hook.

of Pte. William John Barry, Since the news has got about R.AS.C. The president will be experts have criticised the Pro Capt. and Bt.-Major T. C. Green-fessor's policy of choosing, so wood, R.A

Bul they didn't so they didn't.,

(The plot will be made thicker.

than ever in next week' rulling instalment, which be specially illustrated.)